Taqueria El Tapatio

I love this place! I go about twice a week. My favorites are the breakfast burrito with chorizo and the super nachos with chorizo. They have great free salsas, the staff is very friendly, and the place itself is very clean and simple. I hope they stay in business for a long time!

Its great to have a good place nearby to get some good mexican food and excellent service

I absolutely love this place. Everybody here is super nice and the food is great! I tend to order the same thing, but that’s just because I’m weird and stick to what I like. (Veggie breakfast burrito, add beans and rice) However, I have tried other things on the menu and found everything to be delicious. If you haven’t tried them, give them a whirl. They’re very friendly and the food speaks for itself.

The service is great, however there is something I don’t like about the carne asada meat. The meat taste really rubbery and lacks flavor. They have a wide selection of food, and I really wanted to like it more, but if they could do something with the meat, I think we would have a winner. Prices are reasonable.

I ordered Super nachos, fish taco and al pastor burrito to go. All bad! I want to believe this isn’t the new normal for this place. I have noticed the last couple of times the food didn’t taste as fresh as it has in the past. Unfortunately 2 star quality today. I will give it one more try.

Been here a couple times and I have no complaints so far about this hidden gem. The food is great, very tasteful and worth the price! I’ve had a couple items off their menu, all of which I liked. I recommend the burritos and tortas! So good and very filling. The burritos are a decent size for about $ 7. The green salsa is yummy and they always serve chips on the side. I really appreciate the great customer service too. Every time I come here, the employees are welcoming and friendly.

Small Mexican shop that has all the fixings from tacos to ceviche… but I went with some Super Nachos which sounded amazing as I was craving some chips, meat and nacho cheese. Hell it even came with pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream… But I was so wrong in getting all that. I went with al pastor as my meat choice, there was a decent amount of it, but what I didn’t find was nacho cheese, I was expecting the yellow gooey nacho cheese sauce, but what I got was some sprinkles of white cheese with the hopes of the meat melting it down… so definitely not enough cheese, however there was a lot of chips. I probably could have gone without the pico de gallo as I could have scoped some on the side. Maybe I’ll try the tacos next time.

Ordered a dinner taco plate with carne asada, super delicious… Looks like a hole in the wall but really good food and friendly staff … The only down side was their drink were not cause the cooling system when down but they’re fountain drink station was working

A friend of mine told me about this place so i decided to try it. I ordered the breakfast burrito and i was disappointed. Really no flavor and it had a lot of potatoes. The burrito was very big but I won’t go back.

So my coworker gave me half of half her burrito (there that big) lol and it was bomb very delicious, will definitely be going there for their breakfast burritos!

Best Burrito in the Valley. Reminds me of the bay area taqueria, always fresh and hits the spot!

This place is theeeeeeeeee bomb. I love it. The lengua is good unlike most places and service is great too.

I lived in San Diego for about six years through college and have had some of the best Mexican food of my life. This place holds a candle to some of the best I’ve had… the different ways they marinate pork, the chicken torta and the giant burritos are just fantastic… whatever you’re in the mood for they can do it well! Working just up the street I need here on a regular basis and I crave it I’ve never gotten tired of the food!
Oh and it fits any budget!

I’ve been here a couple of times (sometimes I forget to check-​in). So far I have tried their super burrito, their tacos, and torta. The super burrito is pretty big! It has a great amount of flavor, and out of all the things I’ve tried so far I think I prefer the super burrito. When I tried the tacos, it was some what bland… more specifically their tacos de pastor were bland.
The place itself is quite small. Only a few tables are available. I have usually gone during night time, so parking doesn’t seem to be a problem during those times. The service is quick, hardly had to wait more than 10 minutes to get my order. They have a salsa bar and you can also grab some potato slices if you’d like to which is a neat touch. The staff is friendly which is always great!

I’m from San Diego where the Mexican food is plentiful and legit. This place is a pretty decent alternative if you’re in the valley.
Got the chicken soft taco dinner plate which came with 3 tacos, rice and refried beans. The tacos were in two flour tortillas each with a good amount of meat, onions, red sauce, and cilantro. I was happy the meat wasn’t shredded chicken because that tends to get dry and this definitely wasn’t. We came toward the end of the day and I got some burnt pieces in my taco but nothing too awful. Lots of onions though.
My bf got the chile verde burrito and although I didn’t try it, he said it was pretty good and heavy. He held it with two hands, pretty huge!

The friendly staff is impressive. I had a special order and they double-​checked to make sure they had it correctly written.
The food arrived fast and it was delicious. The price was right, too. A few coworkers went with me and they all enjoyed their meals. I split mine in half and enjoyed it for dinner. The salsa bar was awesome and the potatoes were amazing.

I just got on Unilocal,and one of the first places that came to mind to review was El Tapatio Taqueria in the city of Burbank. My grandparents live right up the street from this taco joint and the first time my wife and I came here to eat we instantly fell in love. I always order the Super Burrito al pastor and I’ve got to say this restaurant probably has the best al pastor I’ve ever had.
One of the cashier lady is extremely nice she is always happy to see my wife and our daughter and talks to her, always checks on us if we’re okay, sad to say I never got her name.
The only negative thing I can say is since our first visit I noticed they hired new cooks and you can tell the difference. The ratio of rice, meat and sauce is not the same as the cook they first had, and he wrapped the burrito nice and tight. The new cook/​s wrapped my burrito so loosely it fell apart instantly and I was extremely disappointed. But because the flavor of ingredients they use is so delicious I still give it a 5. I just hope the cook we like still works there or the new cooks get it together.

Primero review for this highly rated place. It’s in a strip mall at a busy corner in Burbank. Parking was surprisingly easy on a 95 degree Saturday.
Kind of typical order at the counter sit in garage sale furniture kind of affair. What differentiates it is the amazingly welcoming guy behind the counter and some pretty decent food. I ordered the shrimp a la Diablo and it blew my mouth up! Tons of shrimp. Came with rice, beans and tortillas and chips for about 12 bucks (I just got the free water).
An Indian guy wandered in and seemed confused. The guy behind the counter came out and spent some time explaining all the dishes to him, he eventually ate and was grateful. Lots of other folks appeared to be regulars, called by name.
I will try them again and suspect my rating will rise with other choices!
Mig, Trying a new place

Do you remember the Banquet Mexican frozen T.V. dinners? That’s exactly what I was thinking. Nothing worthy of a higher rating. My meal was just Ok.
Chicken Enchilada Dinner-​The chicken was too dry. The refried beans were very creamy. The Mexican rice cooked perfect. I swear, I thought I was eating that T.V. dinner!
Fish Ceviche-​Good.
Red Salsa-​Smokey flavor, very mild.
Green Salsa-​Straight tomatillo flavor. Too bland.
Service-​Fair. The Cashier took quite a while to help us. There was one person ahead of us. Almost a 10 minute wait. It looked liked the cashier had to go to the back to make change.
Parking-​Small strip mall parking lot.

This place is a diamond in the rough. Friendly family owned establishment. They accept cards (unlike other similar places). Their food is great, and will almost always make you want to come back again! They have a salsa bar with several sauces and sides you can get. My favorite: Radishes.
I will admit, their sauces can get a little better. The red sauce (which I was hoping to be spicy) wasn’t that great, and had a weird taste to it. I didn’t end up using it because the burrito itself was tasty enough.